easy chair

easy chair
1. an upholstered armchair for lounging.
2. Obs. See wing chair.
[1700-10]

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  • Easy-chair — Eas y chair ([=e]z [y^]*ch[^a]r ), n. An armchair for ease or repose. Laugh . . . in Rabelais easy chair. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • easy chair — n a large comfortable chair →↑armchair …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • easy chair — easy ,chair noun count a large comfortable chair …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • easy chair — ► NOUN ▪ a large, comfortable chair, typically an armchair …   English terms dictionary

  • easy chair — n. a stuffed or padded armchair …   English World dictionary

  • easy chair — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms easy chair : singular easy chair plural easy chairs a large comfortable chair …   English dictionary

  • easy chair — noun A comfortable chair, often well upholstered; a lounge chair. Lets sit quiet a bit, Toady! said the Rat, throwing himself into an easy chair, while the Mole took another by the side of him and made some civil remark about Toads delightful… …   Wiktionary

  • easy chair — noun a comfortable upholstered armchair (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑lounge chair, ↑overstuffed chair • Hypernyms: ↑armchair • Hyponyms: ↑wing chair …   Useful english dictionary

  • easy chair — noun Date: 1621 a roomy upholstered chair …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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